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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Manually Connecting to a Database and Deleting a Table from the Database</h1>
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   <p>This section describes how to manually connect to a database and delete a table from the database.</p>
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     <li><span>Log in to the TiUP node.</span></li>
     <li><span>Run the following command to query the IP address and port number whose <strong>Role</strong> is <strong>tidb</strong>. Cluster name <strong>instance2</strong> is used as an example.</span><p></p><pre class="screen">tiup cluster display <em>instance2</em></pre> <p>The following is an example of the command output.</p> <p><span><img src="en-us_image_0000002188480472.png"></span></p> <p></p></li>
     <li><span>Run the following command to connect to the database. Obtain the username and password from the database administrator.</span><p></p><pre class="screen"> mysql -u<em>Username</em> -h<em>xx.xx.xxx.xx</em> -P<em>Port number </em> -p<em>Password</em></pre> <p></p></li>
     <li><span>Run the following commands to delete a table from the database:</span><p></p><pre class="screen">use <em>Database</em>;</pre> <pre class="screen">DROP TABLE IF EXISTS <em>Table</em>;</pre> <p></p></li>
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